Nani Nani

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Nani Nani
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1995
RecordedApril 17–18, 1995
Genre Avant-garde
Length41:38
Label Tzadik TZ 7206
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Redbird
(1995)
Nani Nani
(1995)
The Book of Heads
(1995)
John Zorn and Yamataka Eye chronology
Nani Nani
(1995)
Zohar
(1995)

Nani Nani is an album of improvised music by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn (as Dekoboko Hajime) and Yamataka Eye. [1] A sequel album Naninani II was released in 2004. [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating "This album is not for Sunday afternoon relaxation, but its obvious playfulness make its more discordant elements eminently tolerable, even amusing in their cleverness". [3]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

  1. "Eep Man" - 1:07
  2. "Test Tube" - 3:11
  3. "Thank You For Not Thinking" - 2:36
  4. "Pulp Wars" - 2:57
  5. "Sticky Beethoven's Pipeline" - 1:15
  6. "Laughing Eskimo" - 1:28
  7. "Damascus" - 1:11
  8. "Yoga Dollar" - 5:17
  9. "Propolution" - 1:36
  10. "My Rainbow Life" - 1:44
  11. "Bad Hawkwind" - 18:13
  12. "We Live" - 0:56

Personnel

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References

  1. Tzadik catalogue
  2. Tzadik catalogue
  3. 1 2 Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 25, 2011